Formation over flagler beach, FL, 0

The report, as filed

I was driving on S 23rd street between the atlantic ocean and the intracoastal waterway when my son spotted something in the sky; I pulled over to have a look. We both saw approx. 8 round white lights/objects all flying through the sky from the northeast, heading in a line at a very high altitude and moving rapidly given their apparent altitude. The lights all moved in a line in formation; they moved together in unison, so that it appeared as if they were all tethered together. The movement was similar to what you would see observing the tail of a kite in the wind, or a rollercoaster. The objects continued heading southwest until they disappearead behind a large cloud. I think observed flashes of light in the clouds. I have a video of the flashes in the clouds but could not get the camera out in time to ctch the object. Also, these lights did not look anything like starlink satellite pictures I've seen. Instead, they looked identical to the lights observed over the Fukushima nuclear disaster site back in 11' (the daytime video). The lights were each relatively large given their distance in the sky; they were each roughly 0.5 cm in the sky (from my ground perspective) This sighting occurred near the atlantic ocean beach in Flagler Beach, which is nearby to both a nuclear facility and cape canaveral space port.

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